Historic Ridgefield estate sold one day before auction

Updated 5:57 pm, Friday, May 19, 2017

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

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Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Ridgefield estate, Sunset Hall, sold one day ahead of its live auction scheduled for Friday, May 19, 2017. The home was previously listed for $5.75 million.

Photo: Contributed/ Platinum Luxury Auctions

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Historic Ridgefield estate sold one day before auction

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A Georgian-style estate in Ridgefield sold one day ahead of its scheduled live auction.

Sunset Hall, previously listed for $5.75 million, was set to be sold to the highest bid at auction on Friday, May 19.

The estate has a 12,000 square foot main residence and a 1,500 square foot guest house, including 10 bedrooms, 8 full and 4 half baths, a tennis court, 65-foot heated pool and a marble-floored ballroom.

According to Platinum Luxury Auctions, the firm managing the auction sale, the estate's buyers had viewed the home prior to it being scheduled for auction.

"They simply could not be convinced to put pen to paper, however, until the threat of the auction," said David Ashcroft, the firm's director of business development and a spokesperson for the transaction, in a release announcing the sale.

Sunset Hall estate, previously listed for $5.75 million, sold one day ahead of its scheduled auction.

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The property sits on 7 acres with views of Long Island Sound and the Catskills Mountains, as well the Manhattan skyline on a clear day.

"Sunset Hall has captivated generations of Americans since it was built in 1912," the listing said.

The home was built for James Stokes, the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, and has since been owned by actor Robert Vaughn and Harry Houdini's brother. It was also once considered as a possible site for the United Nations, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.

"While the home has a very stately, historic appearance from the exterior, it's filled with modern creature comforts inside," said Jude Black, Platinum's project manager for the sale, in a statement.